OTTAWA — CBC President Catherine Tait accused MPs who summoned her to Ottawa on Monday of hurling “insults” her way to try to discredit the public broadcaster.

That day marked the fifth time she had appeared before the parliamentary committee on Canadian Heritage within the past 12 months. What began as a cross-partisan summoning of Tait to answer for job cuts announced last year while at the same time CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors approved paying out millions in bonuses, including to executives, had by Monday devolved into a testy confrontation.

Outgoing president of CBC/Radio-Canada said cutting the broadcaster's English Services puts access to Canadian-made information at risk. {ai:summary}<p>CBC President Catherine Tait faced off with MPs in Ottawa, accusing them of using insults to undermine the public broadcaster. This was her fifth appearance before the parliamentary committee in a year, initially focused on job cuts amid executive bonuses, which escalated into a contentious exchange. </p><p>#politics</p>

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